Pygopodoidea is a gecko superfamily and the only taxon in the gekkotan subclade Pygopodomorpha. The clade includes three Australasian families: Diplodactylidae (stone geckos), Carphodactylidae (knob-tailed geckos), and Pygopodidae (flap-footed geckos). Traditional gekkotan systematics had considered Diplodactylidae and Carphodactylidae as subfamilies of the family Gekkonidae, but recent molecular work have placed Pygopodidae within Gekkonidae making it paraphyletic.[1] These analyses have shown support of Pygopodidae and Carphodactylidae being sister taxa, with Diplodactylidae occupying a basal position in Pygopodoidea.[2][3][4]
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| Eastern stone gecko (Diplodactylus vittatus) | |
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| Pink-tailed worm-lizard (Aprasia parapulchella) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | Gekkonomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Clade: | Pygopodomorpha Vidal & Hedges, 2009 |
| Superfamily: | Pygopodoidea Gray, 1845 |
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Below is a taxonomic list of pygopodoid genera in taxonomic order:
- Pygopodomorpha (Vidal & Hedges, 2009)
- Pygopodoidea (Gray, 1845)
- Diplodactylidae (Underwood, 1954) – Stone Geckos
- Crenadactylus (Dixon & Kluge, 1964) – Clawless Gecko
- Nebulifera (Oliver, Bauer, Greenbaum, Jackman & Hobbie, 2012) – Robust Velvet Gecko
- Amalosia (Wells & Wellington, 1984) – Amalosian Velvet Geckos
- Oedura (J. E. Gray, 1842) – Oeduran Velvet Geckos
- Hesperoedura (Oliver, Bauer, Greenbaum, Jackman & Hobbie, 2012) – Reticulated Velvet Gecko
- Strophurus (Fitzinger, 1843) – Spiny-tailed Geckos
- Diplodactylus (Gray, 1832) – Stone Geckos
- Rhynchoedura (Günther, 1867) – Beaked Geckos
- Lucasium (Wermuth, 1965) – Ground Geckos
- Toropuku (Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough & Daugherty, 2011) – New Zealand Striped Gecko
- Naultinus (Gray, 1842) – New Zealand Green Geckos
- Tukutuku (Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough & Daugherty, 2011) – Harlequin Gecko
- Dactylocnemis (Steindachner, 1867) – Pacific Geckos
- Mokopirirakau (Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough & Daugherty, 2011) – Forest Geckos
- Woodworthia (Garman, 1901) – Woodworth's Geckos
- Hoplodactylus (Fitzinger, 1843) – Hoplodactyl Geckos
- Pseudothecadactylus (Brongersma, 1936) – Cave Geckos
- Bavayia (Roux, 1913) – Bavay's Geckos
- Paniegekko (Bauer, Jackman, Sadlier & Whitaker, 2012) – Panié du Massif Gecko
- Dierogekko (Bauer, Jackman, Sadlier & Whitaker, 2006) – New Caledonian Striped Geckos
- Oedodera (Bauer, Jackman, Sadlier & Whitaker, 2006) – Marbled Gecko
- Correlophus (Guichenot, 1866) – Correloph Geckos
- Rhacodactylus (Fitzinger, 1843) – Rhacodactyl Geckos
- Mniarogekko (Bauer, Whitaker, Sadlier & Jackman, 2012) – Mossy Geckos
- Eurydactylodes (Wermuth, 1965) – New Caledonian Chameleon Geckos
- Carphodactylidae (Kluge, 1967) – Knob-tailed Geckos
- Phyllurus (Schinz, 1822) – Phyllur Leaf-tailed Geckos
- Saltuarius (Couper, Covacevich & Moritz, 1993) – Saltuar Leaf-tailed Geckos
- Orraya (Couper, Covacevich, Schneider & Hoskin, 2000) – McIlwraith Leaf-tailed Gecko
- Carphodactylus (Günther, 1897) – Australian Chameleon Gecko
- Uvidicolus (Oliver & Bauer, 2011) – Border Thick-tailed Gecko
- Underwoodisaurus (Wermuth, 1965) – Underwood's Geckos
- Nephrurus (Günther, 1876) – Knob-tailed Geckos
- Pygopodidae (Gray, 1845) – Flap-footed Geckos
- Diplodactylidae (Underwood, 1954) – Stone Geckos
- Pygopodoidea (Gray, 1845)
References
edit- ^ Han, D., K. Zhou, & A. M. Bauer. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships among gekkotan lizards inferred from c-mos nuclear DNA sequences and a new classification of the Gekkota. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 353– 368.
- ^ Gamble, T., A. M. Bauer, E. Greenbaum, & T.R. Jackman. 2008. Evidence for Gondwanan vicariance in an ancient clade of gecko lizards. Journal of Biogeography 35: 88-104
- ^ Pyron, R; Burbrink, Frank T; Wiens, John J (2013). "A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13: 93. Bibcode:2013BMCEE..13...93P. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93. PMC 3682911. PMID 23627680.
- ^ Zheng, Yuchi; Wiens, John J. (2016). "Combining phylogenomic and supermatrix approaches, and a time-calibrated phylogeny for squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) based on 52 genes and 4162 species". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94 (Pt B): 537–547. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.10.009. PMID 26475614.
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